courses with a specification of those navigable, the zone of 
forest and plain and the situations of the occupants who may 
be found. 
Art. 79. The plantations shall be turned over as soon as 
an inventory of the improvements, and the number of cattle of 
each kind then on the plantation can be made. 
CHAPTER II 
The colonization of the plantation of S. Marcos situated between 
the Rivers Mahu, Takutu, Surumu and Cotingo 
Art. 80. The colonization of the lands of S. Marcos’ planta- 
tion, situated between the Rivers Mahi, Takuti Surumt and 
Cotingo, on the frontier of British Guiana shall be done directly 
by the Minister of Agriculture, who shall order, without delay, 
to prepare a plan with the necessary details, and afterwards 
carry them out as they may be necessary: 
(a) A town of the aborigines; 
(b) An agricultural centre; 
(c) A colonial nucleus; 
(d) An ambulant course of agriculture; 
(e) An agricultural apprenticeship; 
(f) <A school of practical agriculture; 
(g) An experimental station. 
Art. 81. The colonization of the lands whether in the agri- 
cultural centre, or colonial nucleus, shall be made so that each 
lot occupied by a foreign colonist corresponds to at least two 
occupied by families of native colonists, which preferably shall 
be chosen from those who arrive at the lodges of Belem and 
Manaos, proceeding from the states of the northwest. 
’ Art. 82. Gradually and opportunely there shall be installed 
in the colony lands, mills and factories, having in view the im- 
provement and production on a large scale of cereals and other 
alimentary foods. 
Art. 83. In an appropriate locality there shall be established 
a model plantation for the breeding of cattle, horses and mules, 
in which there shall be made a comparative study of the native 
and foreign breeds, which best resist the climate of that region, 
to verify which may be most advantageously improved by the 
method of selection, crossing and formation of perfect types. 
CHAPTER Il 
The premiums and favors to those who intend to found large 
plantations of agriculture and cattle raising 
‘Art. 84. To large plantations of agriculture and cattle rais- 
ing that may be founded, one in the Territory of Acre (between 
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